As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
Benaree, “Bennie,” Pratt Wiley and her late husband Flash Wiley established the Hidden History Fund at TBF in 2015. More than a decade later, following a conversation with TBF’s Senior Director of Donor Engagement and Partnership Loren Van Allen, the Fund is helping to share a more local piece of history. This is our full interview with Bennie for a story on the Fund that appears in the Fall 2026 Issue of TBF News.
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Dean Hara was witness to some of the most dramatic moments in the challenging and protracted struggle over the right for LGBTQ+ couples to marry. Now he is leaving a legacy to the Equality Fund. This is part of a series profiling donors who have made legacy gifts to the Equality Fund at TBF.
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In a new interactive report, Boston Indicators collaborates with urbanist Jonathan Berk for a closer look into how the process of getting building permits can slow or stall affordable housing construction, even when zoning conditions are met.
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Each of the five new Fellows are supported with mentorship, leadership training, a $5,000 professional development stipend, and strategic connections that widen their professional network, as the program seeks to support Latina leaders throughout the nonprofit sector.
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MassNonprofit News circulates TBF's Free for All Endowment Fund's 2026 grantee announcement, awarding $330,000 to 21 organizations working to expand their programs and outreach to connect with a broad range of audiences across Greater Boston.
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Highlighting the importance of place-based philanthropy, Inside Philanthropy features six examples of grantmakers that are making outsized impact in their regions through their work in their local communities, highlighting TBF for our Meeting the Moment grantmaking and equity funds, alongside prioritization of community needs across all initiatives.
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In Foxboro, for WBZ News Boston Levan Reid interviews TBF's Keith Mahoney and Juliane Mahoney of the New England Revolution to announce the Rev's auction of custom painted soccer cleats to honor each player's heritage and the diversity of Great Boston, with proceeds to benefit the Boston Foundation.
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As Haitian TPS holders across the country face the end of work authorizations, the Boston Business Journal lifts up concerns that the loss of TPS could have a severe impact on the Massachusetts medical industry, citing data from Boston Indicators reporting on immigration levels needed to sustain MA's current workforce.
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A new report takes a first-of-its-kind look at family wealth across demographic groups in Massachusetts, highlighting the broad disaparities between and among groups in the state.
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This report from the Boston Private Industry Council and the Boston Foundation explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following years on college enrollment, persistance and completion for graduates of the Boston Public Schools. While results are improving from pandemic lows, the report highlights the challenges of regaining momentum, especially for the groups of students facing the hardest paths to a postsecondary education.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the MassINC Policy Center couples data and interviews and finds that Massachusetts faces significant demographic and economic impacts from the Trump Administration's efforts to implement broad-based cuts to immigration.
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Produced by Boston Indicators in partnership with Abundant Housing Massachusetts, ADUs Turn One finds the statewide allowance of accessory dwelling units has had a positive impact on permitting, but costs and complex local codes are limiting the success.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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